Global networks, linked cities / edited by Saskia Sassen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sassen, Saskia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban economics--Case studies.

Urban economics.

Business enterprises--Computer networks.

Information technology--Economic aspects.

Computers and civilization.

Globalization--Case studies.

Globalization.

Computers and civilization--Case studies.

Information technology--Economic aspects--Case studies.

Information technology.

Business enterprises--Computer networks--Case studies.

Business enterprises.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

vii, 368 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2002.

Summary:

Saskia Sassen's highly influential "global cities" thesis has fundamentally reshaped urban studies and globalization studies in the past decade. In this innovative collection, Sassen and a distinguished group of contributors extend the thesis to consider the informational architecture binding these cities together in dense networks. They also concentrate on emerging global cities in the South -- Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Beirut, the Dubai-Iran corridor, and Buenos Aires -- which are fast becoming key nodes in the emerging global urban system.

Contents:

Introduction. Locating Cities on Global Circuits / Saskia Sassen 1

Part I The Urban Architecture of Global Networks

1. The Architecture of Global Networking Technologies / D. Linda Garcia 39

2. Communication Grids: Cities and Infrastructure / Stephen Graham 71

3. Firms and Their Global Service Networks / Peter J. Taylor, D. R. F. Walker, J. V. Beaverstock 93

4. Hierarchies of Dominance among World Cities: A Network Approach / David Smith, Michael Timberlake 117

Part II Cross-Border Regions

5. Mexico: The Making of a Global City / Christof Parnreiter 145

6. The Hormuz Corridor: Building a Cross-Border Region between Iran and the United Arab Emirates / Ali Parsa, Ramin Keivani 183

7. Sao Paulo: Articulating a Cross-Border Region / Sueli Ramos Schiffer 209

8. Beirut: Building Regional Circuits / Eric Huybrechts 237

Part III Network Nodes

9. Hong Kong: Global Capital Exchange / David R. Meyer 249

10. Shanghai: Reconnecting to the Global Economy / Felicity Rose Gu, Zilai Tang 273

11. Buenos Aires: Sociospatial Impacts of the Development of Global City Functions / Pablo Ciccolella, Iliana Mignaqui 309

12. Local Networks: Digital City Amsterdam / Patrice Riemens, Geert Lovink 327.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415931622

0415931630

OCLC:

47243922